Russia hacked conservative sites

But Trump does nothing.

So 2 things are now clear:

1. Russia feels free to hack and hurt even American conservatives who are anti-Trump without fear that Trump will put America’s interests above his own and thus punish Putin.

2. Microsoft is pushing back even if Trump is not.https://t.co/jZ9hYZg3nN

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 21, 2018

Trump says he’ll ignore defense bill parts he doesn’t like

Of course, he doesn’t want to do something his friend Putin wouldn’t like.

Trump is already objecting to 4 provisions in a defense bill he just signed that would tie his hands in recognizing Russian sovereignty over Crimea. https://t.co/QX5qoxtv4y

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 15, 2018

When Trump signed the McCain-Shall-Not-Be-Named NDAA, he issued a signing statement claiming right to disregard restrictions on Russia, North Korea, civilian casualties… https://t.co/pRhvoPlUJz

— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) August 14, 2018

Trump says he’ll just ignore the parts of the new defense bill he doesn’t like: https://t.co/UXuuICwgwa pic.twitter.com/rpQFQgFyvo

— Slate (@Slate) August 15, 2018

The White House releases the signing statement for the NDAA. Lot to chew on here: pic.twitter.com/9fEmBZNAve

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) August 14, 2018

Approval of US leadership is down

The world reacts to Trump. I know Russia likes him. I wish he would go there and stay there.

ICYMI
Approval ratings of U.S. leadership took a beating worldwide in 2017; some of the most serious damage occurred among the United States’ NATO allies (Gallup) see: https://t.co/hUztBMrjmi pic.twitter.com/SEAS4hFtMP

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) August 14, 2018

update 10/15/18

The four countries where a majority have confidence in Trump's approach to the world: Philippines, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria. United States not included. https://t.co/S67oTQ8ACQ

— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 2, 2018

More than 570 scholars defend international institutions attacked by Trump

In my experience, it’s damn near impossible to get more than 570 international relations scholars to agree on anything. Except this: https://t.co/DkepOXDDWG

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 14, 2018

Hold that Nobel Peace Prize

North Korea is expanding their nuclear program. Meanwhile, Trump has stopped military exercises. Claiming Trump solved the problem was premature.

#NorthKorea is expanding, not shrinking its nuclear program. https://t.co/nT2c8sX54A

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 10, 2018

US officials worked to shield NATO deal from Trump

scary stuff!

U.S. Officials Scrambled Behind the Scenes to Shield NATO Deal From Trump via @NYTimes https://t.co/4aNZk6l3JZ

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 10, 2018

Trump slump for tourism

Ever since our forty-fifth president was elected, tourism to the United States from foreign countries has steadily dropped—in the face of a world-wide boom in travel https://t.co/FcoCRO8mc1

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 5, 2018

Trump lies about a deal with the European Union

Trump says in Ohio he "reached a historic agreement" with the EU on trade. I don't think that's right.

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 5, 2018

Basically, all they did was agree to a truce. There’s no deal yet. Just another Trump lie.

Donald Trump agrees to cease fire in the trade war with the EU https://t.co/j72FMyyQtQ

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 29, 2018

Trump’s hopes for EU trade deal hampered by agriculture https://t.co/usdCY0yu8b

— FT World News (@ftworldnews) August 3, 2018

CHRIS WALLACE: Mr Secretary, Trump claimed his handshake w/EU was a "breakthrough." But all they agreed to is more talks. Isn't he exaggerating?@stevenmnuchin1: No.

CW: Trump claimed he 'opened up Europe' to farmers. The EU says ag isn't even on table

SM: Well, they're lying. pic.twitter.com/fINIyTlmWd

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2018

Undocumented migration from Mexico has been negative for 10 years

Trump makes it sound like it’s still happening so he can motivate his nationalist base.

Reminder: Undocumented migration from Mexico has been negative for 10 years. More people are going back to Mexico than are entering the United States. https://t.co/Yaom67C73j

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 31, 2018

Security policy breakdown

There’s a growing sense of a breakdown in the policy process across the U.S. national security establishment https://t.co/oyqn9Ze9NG

— POLITICO (@politico) July 29, 2018